Baseball/Softball - HARROW Laing

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 3 Apr 1970

Gender: Male

Function : Head Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #1 AUS Australia 1 JPN Japan 8	Finished
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #6 ITA Italy 0 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #7 AUS Australia 1 CAN Canada 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #10 AUS Australia 1 USA United States 2	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #15 MEX Mexico 4 AUS Australia 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

He won 37 caps representing Australia in softball, taking part in three world championships in 1988, 1992 and as captain in 1996. (icelegendsaustralia.com, 01 Jan 2015)

At domestic level he won three Australian national titles with the Australian Capital Territory in 1998, 1990 and 1993. He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the Australian league in 1993 and Best Batter in 1998. (icelegendsaustralia.com, 01 Jan 2015)

He guided the Australian men's team to a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Canada. (wbsc.org, 10 Oct 2018)

He was head coach of the Australian men's junior team that won gold at the 2018 Junior World Championships in Canada. Previously, he was an assistant coach on the same team that won the 2001 and 2005 junior world championships, and a specialist coach with the team that won the 2008 edition of the tournament. (wbsc.org, 10 Oct 2018; softball.org.au, 2018)

He was inducted into the Softball Australia Hall of Fame in 2002, and in 2003 became the first male Australian to be inducted into the World Baseball Softball Confederation [WBSC] Hall of Fame. (wbsc.org, 31 Dec 2019; icelegendsaustralia.com, 01 Jan 2015)

In 2003 the Laing Harrow Shield was named after him, as the trophy for the Australian men's U23 fastpitch national championship. (icelegendsaustralia.com, 01 Jan 2015)

Appointment:

Previous role:

He has coached softball in Australia at domestic and national level since the 1990s. He has served as an assistant coach, specialist coach and head coach to the Australian men's junior team, as well as co-coach [alongside his father, Bob Harrow] and head coach of the Australian men's senior team. At domestic level he has served as head coach of Australian Capital Territory men's senior and men's age group teams.

General Interest

General
FAMOUS FAMILY
He was born in Canada and moved to Australia in 1986 after his father, Robert 'Bob' Harrow, began a coaching role with Softball Canberra. Bob served as the Australian men's softball team head coach from 2000 to 2018, and guided the team to gold at the world championships in 2009. Bob was also instrumental in the development of a national fastpitch softball league in Australia in 1989, and in 2011 was inducted into the International Softball Federation [ISF] Hall of Fame for his services to softball. During Bob's tenure as Australian men's head coach, Laing has served as co-coach alongside his father. Laing's brother, Mike, has also represented Australia in both softball and ice hockey, while Laing's son, Matthew, grew up playing softball in Jerrabomberra, QLD, Australia. (softball.org.au, 01 Jan 2020; queanbeyanagecrhonicle.com.au, 01 Oct 2013)

ICE HOCKEY INTERNATIONAL
He played ice hockey for Australia at four world championships from 1997 to 2000. He also represented Canada at youth level in the sport before he moved to Australia. At domestic level, he played ice hockey for the Canberra Knights for a decade before becoming player-coach of the team in 1997 and winning the Goodall Cup in 1998. He went on to become head coach of the team in 2004 and 2005. (icelegendsaustralia.com, 01 Jan 2015; queanbeyanagecrhonicle.com.au, 01 Oct 2013)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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